RHMar 11We can make birth safer for Black mothers. Here’s how.verified_publisherVox - Anna NorthWhat doulas, midwives, and policymakers are doing to end the maternal mortality crisis. Over the last 30 years, nearly every wealthy country in the world has made it much safer for people to have babies. Only one outlier has moved in the opposite direction: the United States, where the rate of …
RHThe 67-Hour Ruleverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Derek ThompsonMarried couples are working as much as ever. One of the hard-and-fast laws of economics is that people in rich countries work less than their peers in poorer countries. The rule holds across nations. British and Japanese people work less on average than those in Mexico and India. It’s also true …
RHFor families that need the most help, child care costs are about to dropThe 19th - Chabeli CarrazanaMany families that receive government assistance for child care still pay a lot out-of-pocket. A new Biden administration rule will lower those costs …
RHWhat Happened When This Italian Province Invested in Babiesverified_publisherThe New York Times - Jason HorowitzThe area around Bolzano has a thick network of family support provided by the government. That means a steady birthrate in a country facing a demographic plunge. In a municipal building in the heart of the alpine city of Bolzano, Stefano Baldo clocked out of work early for his breastfeeding …
RHThe Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Careverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Elliot HaspelThe service is essential to families and communities. It should be free. Imagine a politician stepping up to a podium and promising that voters will not pay more than 7 percent of their income for their kid to go to public school. This scene likely strikes you as absurd. Public education fits into a …
RHDNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incestverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Sarah ZhangPeople are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think. When Steve Edsel was a boy, his adoptive parents kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings in their bedroom closet. He would ask for it sometimes, poring over the …
